2025 Fantasy Football Defense Rankings: Broncos Ahead Of Eagles, Ravens

Michael Fabiano | May 19, 2025

The Denver Broncos are the No. 1 fantasy football defense on Michael Fabiano's 2025 rank list. / Isaiah J. Downing-Imagn Images

Trying to predict the value of defenses in fantasy football can often be an exercise in futility. With coordinators and players often changing places, and the inevitable injuries that will occur, defenses can sometimes fail to meet preseason expectations.

Case in point … the Dallas Cowboys and San Francisco 49ers defenses were both ranked highly in fantasy football drafts last season. The same went for the Cleveland Browns. None of those three defenses finished higher than 14th in fantasy points, and neither the 49ers nor the Browns finished in the top 25 in standard scoring for the position.

That’s a massive decline.

On the flip side, the Denver Broncos went from ranking 20th among fantasy defenses in 2023 to first last season. The Super Bowl champion Eagles went from 27th to eighth, and the Los Angeles Rams went from a bottom-feeder (29th) to a borderline DST1 (13th) in the matter of just one season.

It’s a crapshoot folks, so having knowledge of how free agency, trades and the NFL Draft affected each defense is vital going into drafts ... but it is a little bit of luck!

So without further ado, here’s my updated 2025 fantasy defense/special teams rank lists.

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2025 Fantasy Football Defense Rankings

RK	Player	Bye
1	Broncos	12
2	Eagles	9
3	Ravens	7
4	Steelers	5
5	Texans	6
6	Lions	8
7	Vikings	6
8	Bills	7
9	Chiefs	10
10	Packers	5
11	Seahawks	8
12	Chargers	12
13	Jets	9
14	Rams	8
15	Buccaneers	9
16	49ers	14
17	Cowboys	10
18	Bears	5
19	Browns	9
20	Dolphins	12
21	Cardinals	8
22	Falcons	5
23	Commanders	12
24	Giants	14
25	Patriots	14
26	Bengals	10
27	Saints	11
28	Colts	11
29	Jaguars	8
30	Raiders	8
31	Titans	10
32	Panthers	14